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2003-11-21, 03:54 | Link #22 | |
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2003-11-21, 13:17 | Link #24 | |
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The scene in front of the vending machine in ep 8 can be put up for debate. I'm still not completely sold on it since Hisami never said it directly but there is conflicting evidence. Hisami did seem jealous of Junior when Anita was with him but you could also say that she was surprised to see Anita with a boy. The book Anne of Green Gables was said to have underlying homoerotic themes but it was also a childrens book and if you've ever read it you could interpret Anne and Diana's relationship as being purely platonic.
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2003-11-21, 14:10 | Link #26 |
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it's pretty obvious Hisami is gay, well maybe gay is too strong since we don't know much about it but she is clearly in love (not just attracted) to Anita. Is Anita gay? probably not.
One question though, is that guy who junior is with the same guy who was in the OVA? |
2003-11-21, 15:13 | Link #27 |
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Just my opinion, but I don't think she's gay. I'd say it's more common than not at that age to be more comfortable forming your strongest relationships with the same sex and being uncomfortable with the opposite.
>One question though, is that guy who junior is with the same guy who was in the OVA? Yep, same name in the credits and the same voice actor as in the OVA as well. |
2003-11-21, 16:40 | Link #28 |
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I think whoever think that Hisami and Anita are gay, should really just let it go. They are only junior high school students, heck they only look like kids. You see people going around (in real life) going "I love you", even on TV or Concerts or something. Are they gay?
As for the manga/anime/OVA, I would say the only linearity is the characters. The OVA and the anime series kinda links together, the manga is just plan weird. Spoiler:
The manga is just weird I would avoid it if you never read it... |
2003-11-22, 00:15 | Link #31 | |
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2003-11-22, 02:14 | Link #34 | |
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2003-11-22, 04:37 | Link #35 | |
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Anita might simply consider herself and Hisame to be platonic soul mates like in Anne of Green Gables, but it is much more than that to Hisame. Hisame turned down a boy's confession of love, telling him that she couldn't be with him because she loves Anita. There is nothing remotely ambiguous in that. Anita's feelings though are quite ambiguous. She hasn't expressed them at all, at least not out loud.
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2003-11-22, 04:44 | Link #36 |
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I don't know Japanese, so I can't tell if soulmate is just a weird translation (or a weird translation from a weird translation as may be the case )or not. However, I have read Anne of Green Gables and the term Anne uses is "bosom friend." It is easy to understand why people who speak english would be confused with the soulmate translation because that term is generally used in reference to a romantic relationship.
"Bosom friend" puts a more platonic spin on the relationship. I would think they are more like best friends. |
2003-11-22, 12:03 | Link #37 | |
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AA-f &KYF fansubs had the best translation because it looks like someone in the group actually read Anne of Green Gables. They translated kokoro no tomodachi as "bosom friends". |
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2003-11-22, 18:03 | Link #38 | |
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I think Hisa's feelings, if this subplot is left as is, are meant to be analyzed and could have different interpretations. Of course, the show is barely half over, so they could still resolve this differently. Considering the nature of Yomiko and Nancy in the original OAV's being like this, I'm not surprised they're playing with our heads again. Especially considering the wild plot twist they threw at us in Episode 11. |
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2003-12-22, 13:41 | Link #39 |
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juz let it go... they're juz kids and taking hisa's shyness into account and that anita is like her very first friend, it's understandable that it's juz plationic friendship.
anyway, why read so much into a show?? i liked the series a lot too but it didn't even bother me.. it juz sufficed to me that they will part and most probably will not meet again until the end of the series if anita goes back to the school. come on... pls dun read sexual innudeos from every show... it will never end... might as well say Eric and Alphonse are gays... well, both are male, travel together, eat together, play together, care so much for each other etc... so what if they are brothers? kinky isn't it?? (my point is, juz cap the homo thing, pls) |
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